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May 1991 Issue
May 1991 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Can Poetry Matter?
  • The Ilocos: A Philippine Discovery
    James Fallows
  • Infectious Terrorism
    Robert S. Root-Bernstein
  • Major André and General Arnold
    Nancy Caldwell Sorel
  • Europe's California: Portugal Is a Land of Opportunity-for Travelers, Among Others
    Robert D. Kaplan
  • Literature's Good Soldier
    John Fowles
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Literature's Good Soldier

By John Fowles
May 1991 Issue
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